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Included versions for MS Windows, and Mac OSX
This is for the
FULL INSTALLATION SOFTWARE PROGRAM of The Gimp Photo Editor designed to work on Windows XP or Vista, as well as a version design for Mac OSX (all included). This software is the full version, not trial or limited in anyway.
This program was designed as a low cost alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It has all the complex features of Adobe Photoshop, but also tries to simplify the process of photo enhancement.
Primarily, this is used as a tool for photo enhancement. Typical uses include resizing and cropping photos, altering colors, combining multiple images, removing unwanted image components, and converting between different image formats, as well as creating graphics and logos. It can also be used to create basic animated images in GIF format.
The product vision for this software suite is to become a high-end graphics application for the editing and creation of original images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements. It may also be used as a platform for the development of cutting-edge scientific image-processing algorithms. But don't let that intimidate you. You can do the easy stuff, as well as the hard stuff with this.
Edit your favorite photos, share them with your friends, save them for future use.
Not only can edit your photographs, but you can also use this package as a fully loaded paintshop. All the basics are there. Brushes, Pencils, Airbrushes, etc. Edit it down pixel by pixel if you wish. All the regular file formats are supported. BMP, JPG, GIF, PCX, PNG, TFF, TGA, XPM, and a ton of others. Convert among many formats at your leisure.Tools used to manipulate images can be accessed via the toolbox, through menus, and dialog windows. They include filters and brushes, as well as transformation, selection, layer and masking tools.
Color
: There are several ways of selecting colors including a using an eyedropper to choose an existing color, palettes with a limited and color choosers. The built in color choosers include an RGB/HSV selector or scales, water-color selector, CMYK selector and a color-wheel selector. Colors can also be selected using hexadecimal color codes as used in HTML color selection. Indexed color and RGB color modes are supported natively, other color spaces are supported using decomposition where each channel of the new color space becomes a black and white image. CMYK, LAB and HSV are supported this way. The blend tool can apply a gradient to the surface of an image or for use with blending, gradients are also integrated into tools such as the brush tool, when the user paints this way the output color slowly changes. There are a number of default gradients included, a user may also create custom gradients with tools provided.
Selections and paths:
There are several tools that can be used to create selections including a rectangular or circular selection tool, free select tool, fuzzy select tool (also known as magic wand). More advanced selection tools include the select by color tool for selecting contiguous regions of color and the scissors select tool which creates selections semi-automatically between areas of highly contrasting colors. This also supports a quick mask mode where a user can use a brush to paint the area of a selection, visibly this looks much like a ruby lith overlay whilst painting. The foreground select tool, is an implementation of Simple Interactive Object Extraction (SIOX) a method used to perform the extraction of foreground elements, such as a person or a tree in focus. The Paths Tool allows a user to create vectors (also known as Bézier curves). Paths can be used to create complex selections around natural curves, paths can also be named, saved, and painted (or "stroked") with brushes, patterns, or various line styles.
Image editing:
when editing images there are many tools that can be used, the more common tools include a paint brush, pencil, airbrush, eraser and ink tools used to create new or blended pixels. Tools such as the bucket fill and blend tools are used to change large regions of space in an image and can be used to help blend images. It also has a selection of smart tools, which are tools that use more complex mathematics to enable a user to do things that otherwise would be time consuming or impossible; these smart tools include the clone tool that copies pixels using a brush, the healing brush which copies pixels from an area and corrects the tone and color where it is being used. The perspective clone tool works in a similar way to the clone tool previously mentioned but also allows a user to correct for distance changes. The blur and sharpen tool is a brush that blurs and sharpens. Finally the dodge and burn tool is a brush that makes target pixels lighter (dodges) or darker (burns). A list of transform tools include the align tool, move, crop, rotate, scale, shear, perspective and flit tools.
Layers, layer masks and channels: an image being edited can consist of many layers sitting in a stack, the user manual suggests that "A good way to visualize an image is as a stack of transparencies" where in this terminology each transparency is a layer. Each layer in an image is made up of several channels, in an RGB image there are normally 3 or 4 channels these consist of a red, green and blue channel individually these would each look like slightly different grey images but when put together they make a complete image. The fourth channel that may be part of a layer is the alpha channel (or layer mask), this channel measures opacity where a whole or part of an image can be completely visible, partially visible or invisible. Text layers can be created using the text tool, allowing a user to write on an image. Text layers are able to be transformed in several ways, such as converting it to a path or selection.
(Photo editor is provided for both Windows and Mac, the below office package is only provided for Windows)
Professional
Office Suite
Writer - A word processor you can use for anything from writing a quick letter to producing an entire book. Calc - a powerful spreadsheet with all the tools you need to calculate, analyze, and present your data in numerical reports or sizzling graphics. Impress - the fastest, most powerful way to create effective multimedia presentations. Draw - lets you produce everything from simple diagrams to dynamic 3D illustrations. Base- lets you manipulate databases seamlessly. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, all from within Open Office. Math - lets you create mathematical equations with a graphic user interface or by directly typing your formulas into the equation editor.
Writer (Alternative to Microsoft Word)
WRITER has everything you would expect from a modern, fully equipped word processor or desktop publisher.
It's simple enough for a quick memo, powerful enough to create complete books with contents, diagrams, indexes, etc. You're free to concentrate on your message - while WRITER makes it look great.
"The Wizards takes all the hassle out of producing standard documents such as letters, faxes, agendas, minutes, or carrying out more complex tasks such as mail merges. You are of course free to create your own templates.
Styles and Formatting
puts the power of style sheets into the hands of every user.
Trap typing mistakes on the fly with the AutoCorrect dictionary, which can check your spelling as you type.
　
Reduce typing effort with AutoComplete, which suggests common words and phrases to complete what you are typing.
AutoFormat
takes care of the formatting as you write, leaving you free to concentrate on your message.
Text frames
and linking give you the power to tackle desktop publishing tasks for newsletters, flyers, etc. laid out exactly the way you want them to be.
Increase the usefulness of your long, complex documents by generating a table of contents or indexing terms, bibliographical references, illustrations, tables, and other objects.
Email your documents - WRITER offers direct connection to email software.
Make your documents freely available with WRITER's HTML export to the web, or publish in Portable Document Format (.pdf) to guarantee that what you write is what your reader sees.
Save your documents in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to WRITER. You can access your documents from any OpenDocument compliant software.
WRITER can of course read all your old Microsoft Word documents, or save your work in Microsoft Word format for sending to people who are still locked into Microsoft products.
Calc (Alternative to Microsoft Excel)
CALC is the spreadsheet program you've always wanted. Newcomers find it intuitive and easy to learn; professional data miners and number crunchers will appreciate the comprehensive range of advanced functions.
Calc"Advanced DataPilot technology makes it easy to pull in raw data from corporate databases; cross-tabulate, summarise, and convert it into meaningful information.
Natural language formulas
let you create formulas using words (e.g. "sales - costs").
　
The Intelligent Sum Button inserts a sum function or a subtotal automatically, depending on context.
Wizards
guides you through choosing and using a comprehensive range of advanced spreadsheet functions.
Styles and Formatting
makes it easy to apply flexible cell formatting options, including freely rotating contents, templates, backgrounds, borders, and many more. You can be your own spreadsheet expert thanks to templates with built-in functions, allowing you to concentrate on your real work.
Scenario Manager
allows "what if ..." analysis at the touch of a button - e.g. compare profitability for high / medium / low sales forecasts.
Hide or reveal Design Themes with a single click - use CALC's defaults or
add yourown.
Save your spreadsheets in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to CALC. You can access your spreadsheets from any OpenDocument compliant software.
Of course, you are free to use your old Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, or save your work in Excel format for sending to people who are still locked into Microsoft products. If all they want to see is your results, then use Portable Document Format (.pdf) - no need to buy any extra software.
Impress (Alternative to Microsoft Powerpoint)
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IMPRESS is a truly outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations. Your presentations will stand out with 2D and 3D clip art, special effects, animation, and high-impact drawing tools.
Master Pages
simplify the task of preparing your materials.
A complete range of Views are supported: Drawing / Outline / Slides / Notes / Handouts to meet all the needs of presenters and audiences, plus an optional multi-pane view to put all the tools at your fingertips.
IMPRESS has a complete range of easy-to-use drawing and diagramming tools to spice up your presentation.
'Park' your most commonly used drawing tools around your screen ready for single-click access.
Slide show Animation and Effects
bring your presentation to life. Fontworks provides stunning 2D and 3D images from text. Create lifelike 3D images with astounding speed and response.
Save your presentations in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to IMPRESS. You can access your presentations from any OpenDocument compliant software.
Of course, you are free to use your old Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, or save your work in PowerPoint format for sending to people who are still locked into Microsoft products. Alternatively, use IMPRESS's built-in ability to create Flash (.swf) versions of your presentations.
Draw (Alternative to Microsoft Visio)
DRAW - from a quick sketch to a complex plan, DRAW gives you the tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams.
'Park' your most commonly used drawing tools around your screen ready for single-click access.
Use Styles and Formatting to put all your graphics styles at your finger tips.
Manipulate objects, rotate in two or three dimensions; the 3D controller puts spheres, rings, cubes, etc. at your disposal.
Arrange objects
: group, ungroup, regroup, and edit objects while grouped. Sophisticated rendering let you create photorealistic images with your own texture, lighting effects, transparency, perspective, and so on.
Smart connectors
make short work of flowcharts, organization charts, network diagrams, etc. Define your own 'glue points' for connectors to 'stick' to.
Dimension lines
automatically calculate and display linear dimensions as you draw.
Use the picture Gallery for clipart; create your own art and add it to the Gallery.
Save your graphics in OpenDocument format, the new international standard for office documents. This XML based format means you're not tied in to DRAW. You can access your graphics from any OpenDocument compliant software.
Import graphics
from all common formats (including BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and WMF).
Base (Alternative to Microsoft Access)
The new way to access databases
　
New to Version 2, BASE enables you to manipulate database data seamlessly within OpenOffice. Create and modify tables, forms, queries, and reports, either using your own database or BASE’s own built-in HSQL database engine. BASE offers a choice of using Wizards, Design Views, or SQL Views for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users. Maintaining your data
With BASE, you can:
Create new tables for your data - and also change them as your needs change
Maintain indexes on the tables to make data access faster
View a table in an editing grid and add, change, and delete records
Use the Report Wizard to produce impressive reports from your data
Use the Form Wizard to create 'instant' database applications
Using your data Using BASE, you can not only browse your data, but also:
Perform simple (single column) or complex (multi-column) sorts
View subsets of your data with simple (one-click) or complex (logical query) filters
Create powerful queries to show your data in new ways, including summaries and multi-table views
Produce reports in a wide variety of formats using the Report AutoPilot
Technical footnotes BASE includes a full version of the HSQL database engine, storing data in XML files. It can also access dBASE files natively for simple database work.
For more advanced requirements, BASE supports many popular databases database natively (Adabas D, ADO, Microsoft Access, MySQL), or any database through industry-standard ODBC and JDBC drivers. It also supports any LDAP compliant address book, as well as common formats such as Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Windows, and Mozilla.
Math (Create equations and formula for your documents)
　
MATH is OpenOffice's component for mathematical equations. It is most commonly used as an equation editor for text documents, but it can also be used with other types of documents or stand-alone. When used inside WRITER, the equation is treated as an object inside the text document. Similarly, one can also insert these into other OpenOffice programs like CALC and IMPRESS.
Using MATH, there are three main ways of entering a formula:
Type markup in the equation editor.
Right-click on the equation editor and select the symbol from the context menu.
Select a symbol from the Selection toolbox.
Media Portal Media Center
What is MediaPortal?
MediaPortal is an application ideal for turning your PC in a very advanced Multi-Media Center / HTPC. MediaPortal allows you to listen to your favorite music & radio, watch your video's and DVD's, view, schedule and record live TV and much more.
Turn your PC into the ultimate Media Center with Media Portal. You can store, share, and enjoy all of your phoos, all of your music, your home videos, and even live TV in one package.
Designed to function with the XP operating system, you will get the same power and reliability you've come to expect and demand.
Media Portal is cheap alternative to Tivo, or Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition (WinMCE). Media Portal, is a media center software that runs on Windows XP. To run Media Portal, you will need Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed and with .NET enabled, a computer capable of playing multimedia content, and, if you want to play and record live TV, you will need a compatible TV Tuner Card. Media portal allows you to turn your PC into an advance Multi Media Center PC, DVR. A remote control is not included. You can listen to your favorite music & radio, watch all your videos and DVD's, view and record live TV, and so much more!
General
Create your own skins, or choose one of the available skins!
MediaPortal can easily be extended with extra plugins
You decide which keys you want to use for which actions
Internal support for several remote control (streamzap, MCE, redeye, winlirc, hauppauge, FireDTV)
Windowed and fullscreen support
My TV
Supports analog TV, DVB-C, DVB-T, DVB-S and ATSC
HDTV and AC3 support
Support for multiple tuners
Record, watch, and timeshift Live TV
Advanced recording scheduler:
- Record once
- Record now
- Daily o Weekly
- Weekdays (Mon-Fri)
- Every time a program appears on this TV channel
Timeshifting,Watch, Pause, Rewind, FF, RW Live TV
Advanced recording management:
- Handle conflicts
- Set recording priorities
- Quality settings / recording
- Transcode to WMD, XVID or MPG
- Diskmanagement auto deletes old and/or watched recordings
TVGuide:
- Grab DVB-EPG & MHW-EPG directly for DVB
- Supports XMLTV
- Colors for genres
TV Guide search
TV Channel grouping
Supports over > 10000 channels
Auto channel tuning
Normal OSD (On Screen Display during movies/tv)
Special ZAP OSD (Shows description of what is playing currently on TV)
Support for Teletext
Standby control to put your HTPC sleeping. It will awake when there a recording needs to start
My Video / MyDVD
Play any movie your PC has a codec for (divx, mpeg, matroska,...)
All your movies will be stored in MediaPortal's video database
View your movies by actors, genres, year, title
Sort your movies by actors, genres, year, rating
Automatically retrieves video art & info from IMDB
Stacking/unstacking if your movie consists of multiple files
Internal DVD player with menu's (you can also use an external DVD player)
On Screen Display (OSD) for: Pause, Rewind, FastForward, Stop, Mute, Bookmarks, Switching Audio Streams/Subtitle languages...
Resume from playback on next play
My Pictures
Watch your pictures/photos
Slideshow support with nice transitions
Zoom in/out, rotate pictures (rotation is remembered next time)
Pause, previous/next picture
Delete picture(s)
Background music, either songs from my music, or radio from my radio
Auto thumbnail generation
Sort in Name, Date, Size
View in List, Icon or Big Icon display
Ken Burns effect slideshow
Filmstrip view
My Music
View your music by artists, albums, genres, top100 or plain songs
Sort your music in many ways like tracks, genre, filesize, artists, album,...
Use visualisations from Windows ?Media Player 10
Load, create & save playlists (.m3u, .pls, .b4u)
Automaticlly gets album art & info for all your albums
Automaticlly gets artist art & info for all your artists
View by list, icons, and big icons
Shuffle, repeat, FF, RW, pause,...
Music ratings
Favorites
Party shuffle mode
Search music for specific songs
Display all your favorite songs in one screen
Utilize Winamp, Foobar or iTunes plugins for music playback
My Radio
Listen to your favorite radio stations (FM, DVB or internet stream)
Auto tuning (FM)
Logo's for each radio station (manual process)
Supply a friendly name for each radio station
Internet radio station streaming (ASX or Shoutcast)
Support for external radio tuner applications
Auto start listening to your selected radio station when MediaPortal starts
My weather
Show the latest weather information
Support for multiple cities
Current temperature, 3 Day Forecast
Temperature (in degrees C/F)
UV Index, Humity (%), Wind (mph/kph), etc
Support for live images from internet, like:
- Satellite images
- Temperature images
- UV Index images
- Winds images
- Humidity images
- Precipitation images
More features!
Launching external programs like:
- Games
- Emulators
- Email application
- Internet Browser
- IRC client
Burner let's you burn all type of files and folders directly to CD/DVD from within the MediaPortal interface
Showing RSS news feeds
Read and send mail within MediaPortal
Monitor computer hardware:
- CPU temperature
- Motherboard Temperature
- Hard disk Temperature
- Used Memory
- Used Virtual Memory
- etc
Allow the PC automatically go to standby/hibernation and wakes it when there is a scheduled recording! Just like a real VCR!
Has different alarm features
You can even play included games like Tetris or Sudoku!
This CD-ROM does not come in a retail box
Software is shipped with disk only in a paper sleeve and a mailer. All manuals and documentation is loaded on the disk.
System Requirements:
Any computer built within the last 5 or 6 years will run this software.
Works with Windows or Mac.
All Sales Final. No Returns or Refunds on disk.
U.S. shipping only. No International shipping.
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